2008 Women's Junior World Handball Championship

2008 Junior World Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Macedonia
Dates	July 21–August 3
Teams	20 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (1st title)
Runner-up	Denmark
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches	82
Goals scored	4535 (55.3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Camilla Dalby (DEN) (65 goals)
Best player	Gwon Han-na (KOR)
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The 2008 Women's Junior World Handball Championship was the 16th edition of the tournament and took place in Macedonia from 21 July to 3 August 2008.

Germany won the gold medal match by defeating Denmark 25-23 while South Korea got the bronze medal.^[1]

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	4	3	0	1	125	101	+24	6
Hungary	4	2	1	1	104	108	–4	5
Romania	4	2	0	2	113	113	0	4
Iceland	4	1	2	1	101	104	–3	4
Slovenia	4	0	1	3	96	113	–17	1

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Croatia	4	3	1	0	128	104	+24	7
Montenegro	4	3	1	0	121	110	+11	7
Angola	4	2	0	2	102	99	+3	4
Japan	4	1	0	3	113	118	–5	2
Kazakhstan	4	0	0	4	89	122	–33	0

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Croatia	4	3	1	0	149	92	+57	7
South Korea	4	3	1	0	140	100	+40	7
Brazil	4	2	0	2	118	107	+9	4
Macedonia	4	1	0	3	105	112	–7	2
Australia	4	0	0	4	58	159	–101	0

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	4	3	1	0	121	77	+44	7
Spain	4	3	1	0	90	67	+23	7
Argentina	4	2	0	2	86	90	–4	4
Chinese Taipei	4	1	0	3	92	109	–17	2
Algeria	4	0	0	4	68	114	–46	0

Main round

Group I

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	5	4	1	0	150	125	+25	9
Germany	5	3	0	2	163	135	+28	6
Hungary	5	3	0	2	136	153	–17	6
Montenegro	5	2	1	2	154	149	+5	5
Romania	5	2	0	3	139	149	–10	4
Angola	5	0	0	5	125	156	–31	0

Group II

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	5	4	1	0	121	101	+20	9
South Korea	5	3	1	1	170	143	+27	7
Croatia	5	3	1	1	140	125	+15	7
France	5	2	1	2	129	141	–12	5
Brazil	5	1	0	4	138	148	–10	2
Argentina	5	0	0	5	101	141	–40	0

Placement round

Group I

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iceland	3	3	0	0	114	87	+27	6
Algeria	3	1	1	1	83	86	–3	3
Macedonia	3	1	1	1	79	90	–11	3
Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	82	95	–13	0

28 July 2008 19:00	Iceland	39–31	Kazakhstan	SRC "26 April", Gevgelija Attendance: 500
	Stefansdottir, Jonsdottir 7	(21–12)	Goncharova 7
		Report

28 July 2008 21:00	Macedonia	25–25	Algeria	SRC "26 April", Gevgelija Attendance: 1500
	Gorgievska 11	(12–17)	Khelli, Khellil 6
		Report

29 July 2008 19:00	Algeria	29–36	Iceland	SRC "26 April", Gevgelija Attendance: 1000
	Ait Ahmed 10	(16–19)	Knutsdottir 8
		Report

29 July 2008 21:00	Kazakhstan	26–27	Macedonia	SRC "26 April", Gevgelija Attendance: 1500
	Goncharova, Yerchkova 6	(13–12)	Sterjova 8
		Report

31 July 2008 19:00	Kazakhstan	25–29	Algeria	SRC "26 April", Gevgelija Attendance: 500
	Karamergenova 6	(11–16)	Ait Ahmed 10
		Report

31 July 2008 21:00	Iceland	39–27	Macedonia	SRC "26 April", Gevgelija Attendance: 1500
	Knutsdottir 9	(20–12)	Grozdanovska 6
		Report

Group II

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	98	77	+21	6
Slovenia	3	2	1	109	71	+38	4
Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	75	91	–16	2
Australia	3	0	3	61	104	–43	0

28 July 2008 19:00	Japan	35–31	Slovenia	Vinica Sports Hall, Vincia Attendance: 500
	Ishino 8	(15–12)	Mavsar 8
		Report

28 July 2008 21:00	Chinese Taipei	29–25	Australia	Vinica Sports Hall, Vincia Attendance: 700
	Tzu-Han 10	(11–10)	Potocki 14
		Report

29 July 2008 19:00	Australia	22–33	Japan	Vinica Sports Hall, Vincia Attendance: 400
	Potocki 11	(10–16)	Matsumoto 9
		Report

29 July 2008 21:00	Slovenia	36–22	Chinese Taipei	Vinica Sports Hall, Vincia Attendance: 600
	Mavsar 7	(16–7)	Yu-Ting, Yi-Chi 5
		Report

31 July 2008 19:00	Japan	30–24	Chinese Taipei	Vinica Sports Hall, Vincia
	Yasojima 6	(17–8)	Yu-Ting 11
		Report

31 July 2008 21:00	Slovenia	42–14	Australia	Vinica Sports Hall, Vincia Attendance: 300
	Vidic 8	(24–6)	Potocki, Smiljanic 5
		Report

Placement matches

19th/20th

2 August 2008 09:30	Australia	22–32	Kazakhstan	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 100
	Potocki 9	(13–15)	Yerchkova 7
		Report

17th/18th

2 August 2008 11:15	Macedonia	25–26	Chinese Taipei	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 300
	Sterjova, Gorgievska 5	(15–12)	Yu-Ting 10
		Report

15th/16th

2 August 2008 13:30	Slovenia	33–27	Algeria	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 100
	Vidic 7	(17–12)	Khelli, Ait Ahmed 7
		Report

13th/14th

2 August 2008 16:00	Iceland	27–26	Japan	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 65
	Stefansdottir 7	(15–12)	Tarui 8
		Report

11th/12th

3 August 2008 09:30	Argentina	24–29	Angola	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 40
	Roses 8	(13–13)	Mungongo 8
		Report

9th/10th

3 August 2008 16:00	Romania	31–33	Brazil	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 50
	Marin 8	(12–16)	Alencar 9
		Report

7th/8th

3 August 2008 11:15	France	42–35	Montenegro	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 200
	Deroin 10	(17–14)	Stojanovic 7
		Report

5th/6th

3 August 2008 13:30	Hungary	28–24	Croatia	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 200
	Szolosi 7	(12–15)	Covic 8
		Report

Final round

Semi-finals		Final

2 August

Denmark	32
		3 August
South Korea	28
		Denmark	23
2 August
		Germany	25
Spain	22

Germany	28
		Third place

		3 August

		South Korea	29

		Spain	22

Semi-Finals

2 August 2008 18:30	Denmark	32–28	South Korea	Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje Attendance: 1,000
	Augustesen 10	(16–14)	Gwong 8
		Report

2 August 2008 21:00	Spain	22–28	Germany	Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje Attendance: 1,000
	Berenguer 7	(12–12)	Garcia-Almendaris 8
		Report

Third place game

3 August 2008 17:30	South Korea	29–22	Spain	Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje Attendance: 1,000
	Choe, Lee 6	(14–8)	Berenguer 8
		Report

Final

3 August 2008 20:00	Denmark	23–25	Germany	Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje Attendance: 2,500
	Thorsgard 6	(13–13)	Muller 7
		Report

Ranking

Rank	Team
	Germany
	Denmark
	South Korea
4	Spain
5	Hungary
6	Croatia
7	France
8	Montenegro
9	Brazil
10	Romania
11	Angola
12	Argentina
13	Iceland
14	Japan
15	Slovenia
16	Algeria
17	Chinese Taipei
18	Macedonia
19	Kazakhstan
20	Australia

References

↑ "WOMEN'S JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPION 2008: GERMANY". ihf. 4 August 2008. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009.

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[1] "WOMEN'S JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPION 2008: GERMANY". ihf. 4 August 2008. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009.

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